AFL Rd 5 2023 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Adelaide

[Gointocarlton]

@ Lods Great summary mate. Just on Doc and Gov, they are very important as they read the incoming ball so well and they intercept more often than not. On a night like last night, they would have been worth there weight in gold. BUT (there is always a BUT), given our history with injury to key players, by now we should have had oodles of practice at having to have a "plan B and C in the event of...". Last night we seemed to have 23 blokes rattled. Weiters and Young did far to much man watching which had them one or two steps behind at every entry. Now I know the ball came in hot and clean all night but at some point, they had to adjust and say "stuff my man, I'm gonna read the incoming ball and back myself to go win it". Their defenders were doing that very thing, backing themselves and even taking pack marks when we bombed it in. FFS Young and Weiters have been doing it in every previous game. Whether Gov and Doc give them the confidence to do it I dont know but last night they went into their shells. Of course it was going to be a hard match and Adelaide set themselves for it, but so should have we and I expected nothing less than a close, tough, 4 quarter contest, not that hot mess we dished up.
So yep I agree, dont read the papers, dont watch any footy shows because they will be scathing. The response will be very interesting.